What is your view on RP or ERP and why is it so taboo within the community?

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My main gripe with RP, especially on a server that is now getting flooded with it, is people doing it in public channels. RP in your own homes, RP in LS's or FC chat or parties, but don't do it in /say in public areas filled with people. Like, I don't want to have my chatlog filled with your bad fanfic dialog while I'm trying to go about my business in town. I blacklist anyone one who uses /say for RP purposes around me, because it is unbelievably rude and obnoxious, even moreso than the RMT spambots.

You wouldn't walk down a busy street shouting some random story right in the ears of everyone around you in real life, and you shouldn't do it the game either.

Actually .. this does happen .. its called LARPing (Live Action Role Playing) ... Generally there are rules so as not to disturb the public peace but you can imagine that these things dont always get properly regulated.

Regardless, I encourage role players to make parties to role-play in party chat, generally that's all you ever need. If for some reason you have a massive group (There are some RP FCs out there), you can make an alliance to do so as will. Lastly, you can activate a role-play tag next to your name on your characters (So you can quietly advertise that you are a RP-er looking for other RP-ers). Typically this is a bullseye for trolls, but it has yielded some pretty cool results for me at times.